Thomas leach



(No Model.)

T. LEAGH.

COVER FOR JARS 0E PIGKLE GASTERS AND OTHER REOEPTAGLES.

Patented Feb. 14,1882.

INVENTOR WITNESSES &

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' THOMAS LEACH, OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO REED &

BARTON, OF SAME PLACE.

COVER FOR JARS 0F PICKLE-CASTERS AND OTHER RECEPTACLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,725, dated February14, 1882.

Application filed January 9, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS LEAOH, ofTaunton, in the county of Bristoland State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Covers for Jars of Pickle-Casters and other Receptacles; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

The objectof myimprovementis to provide an improved lid or cover forjars of pickle-casters or stands, as well as other dishes or receptaclesfor table and other use. The cover 1 preferably employ is cone-shaped,and it is attached to one end of a bent or U-shaped rod, whose otherportion slides in a vertical tube that is rigidly attached to the bodyof the caster, so that the cover, being first raised free of zg'movalfor access to the contents of the receptacle and its replacement thereinwith ease, convenience, and dispatch.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views ofa pickle-caster having myimprovement applied, the cover being closed in one case and open orswung off the jar in the other. I

The cone-shaped lid or coverA of the receptacle or jar Bis attached atits apex to the shorter vertical portion of the U-shaped rod or pintleC, whose larger parallel portion fits loosely and is adapted to slideand rotate in the vertical tube or hollowstandard D, forming a rigidattachment of the base E of the caster. The said rod is provided with acollar, a, which rests on the top of the tube when the cover A isclosed, as well as when it is open, and in the latter case it preventsthe rod C sliding downward in the tube, so that it will hold the coversupported as in Fig. 2. A nut, 11, is screwed on the lower end of therod 0, for the purpose of preventing the latter being drawn out of thetube D when lifting and swinging the cover, and also in case the casteris lifted by means of the rod.

It will be seen that by seizing the top of the rod C or the ornamentalpiece (I, attached thereto, and raising the cover A clear of the jar B,it may then be swung laterally into the position shown in Fig. 2, and onreleasing the hold the rod will slide down in the tube until the collara rests thereon, when the cover will remain supported off the jar.Conversely, by raising the cover and swinging it laterally in thereverse direction itmay be replaced on the jar B. The cover is thusadapted to be removed from the jar to allow access to its contentswithout requiring to be detached from the stand, but remains a permanentattachment thereof, and when moved aside to uncover the jarit rests inposition to allow replacement in the least time and with the leasttrouble.

In addition to the function above specified, the tube or standard Dserves as a point of attachment of the handle F, which is employed inlifting or carrying'the caster.

Theinvention is applicable not only to picklecasters, but tobutter-dishes, sugar-bowls, and various other forms of receptacles whichit is unnecessary to enumerate.

What I claim is- 1. The cover A and a U-shaped pintle or rod, incombination with a receptacle, B, and vertical tubular guide, in whichsaid rod is adapted to slide vertically and rotate, substantially asspecified.

2. The cover A and U- shaped rod C, having a fixed roller, a, on itslonger arm, in combination with the jar B and a tubular guide, D, inwhich said rod is adapted to slide and rotate, so that the cover may beraised and swung off thejar, and then beheld supported, as shown anddescribed.

3. The base of the pickle-caster, having the handle F and tubularstandard D formed in one piece, and the latter rigidly attached to saidbase, as shown and described.

4. As a new article of manufacture, the 5 THOMAS LEAOH.

Witnesses:

ELISHA. T. JACKSON,

F. E. FIsKE.

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